Editing Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (section)

==American era==
[[File:Mission San Luis Rey de Francia courtyard.jpg|thumb|left|The courtyard of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, with the first Peruvian Pepper Tree (''[[Schinus molle]]'') planted in California in 1830, visible behind the arch.<ref name="young18" />]]
With [[Mexican secularization act of 1833|secularization of the mission in 1834]], no religious services were held and the [[Luiseño people|Luiseño]] were left behind by the fleeing [[Franciscan]] padres. The Mission's religious services restarted in 1893, when two [[Mexico|Mexican]] priests were given permission to restore the Mission as a Franciscan college.<ref name="young18">Young, p. 18</ref> Father Joseph O'Keefe was assigned as an interpreter for the monks. It was he who began to restore the old Mission in 1895. The ''cuadrángulo'' (quadrangle) and church were completed in 1905. [[San Luis Rey College]] was opened as a [[seminary]] in 1950, but closed in 1969.

Episodes 2, 3, 4 and 12 of the [[Disney]]-produced ''[[Zorro (1957 TV series)|Zorro]]'' TV series include scenes filmed in 1957 at San Luis Rey,<ref>{{cite news | title=Old Mission San Luis Rey de Francia: Where Hollywood filmed early movies, TV shows | url=https://thecoastnews.com/old-mission-san-luis-rey-de-francia-where-hollywood-filmed-early-movies-tv-shows/ | work=The Coast News | author=Adam Bradley | date=2018-09-10 | accessdate=2024-04-04}}</ref> which doubled for the [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel|Mission of San Gabriel]].  Disney added a skull and crossbones to the cemetery entrance.

In 1998, [[Gilbert Levine]] led members of the [[Los Angeles Philharmonic]] and, with the special permission of [[Pope John Paul II]], the ancient [[Cappella Giulia]] Choir of [[St. Peter's Basilica]], the first-ever visit of this 500-year-old choir to the [[Western Hemisphere]], in a series of concerts to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the founding of the mission, broadcast on [[NPR]]'s ''[[Performance Today]]''. In February 2013, the [[seismic retrofit]]ting was completed.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mission San Luis Rey's Earthquake Retrofit |first=Charlie |last=Neuman |url=http://www.utsandiego.com/photos/galleries/2013/feb/05/mission-san-luis-reys-earthquake-retrofit/ |newspaper=San Diego Union Tribune |date=6 February 2013 |access-date=6 February 2013}}</ref>

Today, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a working mission, cared for by the people who belong to the parish, with ongoing restoration projects. Mission San Luis Rey has a Museum, Visitors' Center, Retreat Center,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.sanluisrey.org/meeting-retreat-facilities|title = Meeting & Retreat Facilities - Retreat Center of Old Mission San Luis Rey}}</ref> gardens with the historic Pepper Tree, and the original small cemetery.<ref name="LAT 1992-10-29">{{Cite news|last=Schlesinger|first=Nancy|date=1992-10-29|title=Cemeteries Alive With History|url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1992-10-29-nc-1139-story.html|access-date=2020-10-27|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.sanluisrey.org/ |title=Old Mission San Luis Rey de Francia|publisher=Old Mission San Luis Rey|year=2013|access-date=26 February 2013}}</ref><ref>[http://www.sanluisrey.org/cemetery/ Old Mission San Luis Rey Cemetery]</ref>